This day in NY sports history: Oct. 2, 1978
THIS DAY IN NY SPORTS HISTORY
Wednesday, Oct. 3, 1951
"The Giants win the pennant!"
Bobby Thomson hit "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," in the final game of a three-game playoff series to give the Giants a 5-4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers and send them to the World Series. Trailing 4-2 with two men on, one out, and 20-year-old rookie Willie Mays waiting on-deck in the bottom of the ninth inning, Thomson hit a Ralph Branca fastball into the leftfield seats at the Polo Grounds to cap a stunning turnaround in which the Giants erased a 13 game lead held by the Dodgers on August 11. As Thomson rounded the bases, announcer Russ Hodges provided what has become one of the most famous calls in sports history: "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" The Giants went to their first Fall Classic since 1937 but lost to the Yankees in six games.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
